Grain-shocker



P. WAGNER,

GRAIN SHOCKER.

APPLICAUON FILED APR.9.1918.

Patented Feb. 1?,920.

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APPLICATIGN FIL'ED AFR. 9. 1918.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

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GRAIN SHOCKER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9. 191s.

1,331,224. Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

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GRAIN-SHOCKER.

Application lerl April 9,

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, PHILLIP lVAGNnR, a citizen of the Russian Republic, residing at the town of Earl Grey, in the Province of Saskatchewan, lominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Shockers, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to improvements in grain shockers, and the objects of the invention are to facilitate forming a shock mechanically and automatically dumping the same in the manner best calculated to form a proper shock, to permit of the heads of the sheaves being hunched together during the dumping operation, to provide means whereby the shock forming element will be properly cleared from the shock when dumped, so that there is no possibility of any of the sheaves becoming displaced and the shock consequently collapsing.

Further objects are to arrange the mechaism whereby the shock is formed to receive the sheaves in the proper manner, so that the center or core of the shock will be primarily built or constructed of four sheaves, while he outer portion of the shock will be built of sheaves placed around the four said sheaves, to provide means adapted to support the butt of the sheaves when forming the shock, so that the sheaves can not become displaced vertically, and thus when the dumping operation is performed the butts of the sheaves will lie in the same horizontal plane, and permit the sheaves to take up the desired angle of inclination relatively to each other to constitute a proper shock.

Further objects still are to permit of the sheaves being delivered to the shock forming element butts first, so that when the sheaves are thrown into ak vertical position the heads will be uppermost, and generally to adapt the several parts of the machine to better perform the functions required of them. ith the above and other objects in view the invention consists essentially,7 of the improved construction particularly described and set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings forming part of the same.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary rear view of a binder showing the improved shocking device arranged stubbleward thereon.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary pla-n view of the binder showing the shocker arranged stub- Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 117, 1920.

1918. Serial N0. 227,547.

bleward thereof, and the means for connecting the shocker to the binder.

E ig. 3 is a side elevation partly sectional of the improved shocker.

F ig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional elevation of the sheaf receiving basket showing the cam means controlling the action of the packers.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary front elevation of part of the shocker showing the ieXible means controlling the forward motion of the plate slidably mounted below the deck.

E ig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional elevationof the plate retaining or locking means, and showing' the co-acting cam designed to release the locking means and permit of the pla-te being retracted.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a binder of any usual description provided with the deck 10 and knotting mechanism 11, and having the usual tongue 12 to which horse traction may be attached.

The shocker or stocker is arranged stubbleward of the binder deck 10 and consists of a frame 13 formed with a deck 1st having rearwardly extending side members 15 carrying stub axles 16 on which the ground wheels 17 are rotatably mounted. On the front of the frame 13 and below the same a fork 18 is pivota-lly mounted and carries a guide wheel 19 rotatably mounted thereon and adapted to engage with the ground.

The rear of the deck 14 is cut away forming a substantially U-shaped recess 20 in which one of the baskets 21, designed to receive the sheaves, will be normally located as the sheaves are being delivered to the said basket.

Around the front edge of the U-shaped portion 2O an upwardly extending flange 22 extends.

The side members 15 carry standards 23 in which the trunnions 24 of the skeleton rectangular frame Q5 are rotatably mounted and the transverse arms of the said skeleton frame are each designed to support a sheaf receiving basket 21.

It will be seenthat two baskets are employed, one of which will be in commission, while the other is out of commission, so that while one basket is being dumped the other will be brought into position to receive the sheaves from the binder A.

Each of the transverse arms of the frame 25 carries a transversely extending plate 26 formed with journals 27 on the ends thereon, which rotatably engage with the said arms, and from this plate 26 the sheaf collecting basket 2l is hung.

This basket comprises a center spindle 28 rotatably supported from the plate 26, and provided with a plurality of radially extending arms 29, each of which is formed with a plurality of downwardly extending rods or lingers 30, subdividing the basket into sheaf receiving compartments, and the outermost fingers are embraced by a circular band 31 which is rigidly attached thereto.

lSy referring to Fig. 2 the rearmost basket discloses the formation of the arms and fingers, and it will be seen that while four of the arms have fingers or rods 30 depending therefrom and extending from the inner to the out@ end of the arm, the other four intermediate arms have only two lingers extending therefrom at the outer end, so that the first four arms with their depending lingers are adapted to receive the four sheaves which constitute the core of the shock, while the eight. peripheral compartments located between consecutive arms will receive the remaining eight sheaves forming the outer portion of the shock.

The arms 29 carry a circular rod 32 on which the packing arms 33 arehinged adjacent to the top thereof, and these packing arms are provided with offset ends 34 on which rollers 35 are rotatably mounted.

These acking arms 33 are designed to be periodica ly rotated about their hinged point, and to permit of this operation taking place, I provide a cam race 36 pivotably attached to the plate 26 toward the rear thereof, the front of the race being connected by a spring 37 to a hook or arm 38 extending upwardly and forwardly of the front of the said plate.

As the basket 21 is rotated in a horizontal plane, the rollers 35 of the packing arms 33 will consecutively engage the cam race 36 and so rotate the packing arms about their hinged points. All the packing arms are preferably closed during the dumping of the shock, and the cam 39 which is mounted on the transverse arm of the 'frame 25 and operated through the orifice 40 in the plate 26 is rotated during the dumping operation and allows the race 36 to be rotated upwardly by the spring 37 thereby freeing the roller 35 of the last open packing arms 33, which will thus close on the sheaf by ravity.

On the ends of the trunnions 24 isks 41 are rigidly mounted, which are provided with arcuate racks 42, arranged diametrically opposite each other, the intervening portion of the periphery of the disk between the racks being smooth.

The disks 41 carry a guide plate 43, which is supported from the outer face of the disk by the brackets 44 and in this guide a block 45 is slidably mounted.

Adjacent to the disk 41, but located below the same, a gear 46 is rotatably mounted on a stub spindle 47, carried by the standards 23, and adjacent to this gear and connected thereto is a sprocket 48, which is connected through the chain 49 with a sprocket 50 mounted on the end of the transversely extendin shaft 51, journaled in bearing on the stanc ard 23.

This shaft 51 is provided with a gear 52 which meshes with a gear 53 rotatably mounted on the stub spindle 54, and the gear 53 is formed integral with a sprocket 55, which is connected through a chain 56 with a sprocket 57 formed on the hub and adjacent to the brake band 58 of the ground wheel 17.

It will thus be seen that on forward movement of the machine, the rotary motion of the ground wheel 17 will be transmitted through the sprocket 57, chain 56 and sprocket to the gear 53, which meshing with the gear 52 rotates the shaft 51.

This shaft 51 is provided intermediate of its length with a sprocket 59, which is connected through a chain 60 to a sprocket 61 carried by the transversely extending spindle 62 of the conveyer 63, rotatably mounted in the open bottom of the hopper 64.

The hopper 64 is supported at the rear end by a bracket 65 from the deck 14, while the front of the hopper is supported from the standards 23 and is formed so that it will overhang the shaft 51, and the discharge end of the hopper terminates adjacent to but above the front end of the U- shaped opening 20 in the deck.

On that end of the spindle 62, remote from the sprocket 61, a beveled gear 66 is mounted, which meshes with the beveled gear 67 on the vertically disposed shaft 68, which isprovided on the upper end with a beveled gear 69, designed to mesh with the beveled gear 70, mounted on a spindle 71 of the angularly disposed conveyer 72.

One of the side walls of the hopper 64 is cut away as shown at 73 to rec-sive the upper Y end of the conveyer 72, and the sheaves delivered to the said conveyer will thus be deposited in the hopper 64.

@n one side of the conveyer 72 an olset guide plate 73a is provided, which is adapted to engage with the sheaves in such a manner that the head of the sheaf will delivered toward the rear, and the butt of the sheaf toward the front end of the hopper 64, and the sheaf is thus delivered to the baskets 21 butt rst.

The sheaf receiving baskets 21 are rotated by a pair of levers 74 and 75, which enga-ge with the outermost lingers 30v on the arms 29, and the levers are designed to be rotated in a substantially horizontal plane. The

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movement of the lever 74 is continuous, while the movement of the lever 75 is intermittent.

The lever 7d is rigidly attached to a vertically disposed spindle 74a carrying a gear 76, which meshes with a gear 77 rigidly mounted on the spindle rotatably journaled in the bearing 7 8 mounted on the deck 14e, and the bracket 79 also ca 1ried by the said deck.

This gear is provided on the upper face with a peripheral, vertically disposed, arcuate iiange 80 the ends or which are bev eled, the ange being formed on a segment et the gear and during the rotation ol the gear intermittently engages with the resilient bracket 81, the lower end of which is rigidly attached to the deck le, while the upper end is offset and embraces the spindle 74a.

lThe lever 75 is loosely mounted on the spindle 74a, and the said lever is provided on its shorter arm with an upwardly odset end S2, which, when the flange 80 engages with the resilient bracket 81e moves the lever 7 5 bodily upwardly and so engages the offset end 82 with the lever 7 el, so that both levers 74: and 75 under such circumstances will be rotated simultaneously.

As the levers are arranged in alinement to each other, they will be alternately engaged with the outer lingers 30 of the baskets 21 so that for each revolution of the levers, the baskets will be rotated through two sheaf receiving compartments.

The spindle 74a is provided on the lower end with a beveled gear 83 adapted to mesh with the gear 811 riG'idly mounted` on one end of the shaft 85, which is rotatably supported in j'ournals Yfrom the deck 14, while the opposite end otl the said shaft is provided with beveled gear 86 adapted to mesh with the gear 87 mounted on one end of the longitudinal shaft 88.

rlhis sli-att 88 is rotatably supported in bearings from the deck 1i., and is provided at the opposite end with a gear S9 adapted to mesh witl the gear 90 carried by the shaft 91.

rlhe shaft 9 1 is journaled at one end in a bearing mounted on the deck la, and is provided intermediate of its length with a uni versal joint 92, while on the opposite end olf the shaft a 'gear 03 is mounted adapted to mesh with a 'bevel-ed pear 911 on the end ot the shaft of the knottinoj mechanism 11.

rhe trame 13 is connected to the frame et the binder by a rod and a spring 96 eX- tends :trom intermediate or" the length of this rod to the said frame so that when the machine is passing around a corner7 or taking a turn, there will be sutlieient spring to prevent the machine being subjected to eX- cessive or undue stress.

rlhe front of the frame 18 is connected to the tongue 12 by the rod 97 which is connected intermediate of its length to the said frame by the spring 9S, which also permits of sufficient flexibility being' given the connection to allow the machine to tal@l a turn with ease.

Vlhe gear 77 is designed to perform another function beside that described above, and is provided on the. lower 'face with. a cani or wedge piece 00, which is adapted to coact with the upwardly extending arm oit a Z-shaped lever, which is pivotally connected intermediate et its length to the deck 111, the downwardly ett/ending arm 101 et' the said lever extending` through an oriiice 102 in the deck and engaging with the liront end oi' the plate 103 to normally hold the same below the basket 21 being filled with sheaves.

rEhe ifi-shaped lever is engaged by the leaf s ring 10e which normally presses the arm 101 or' the lever downwardly and holds it in intimate engagement with the plate 103.

rlhis plate 103 is provided with rollers 105, which run in the channel guides 106 on the fra ne 13, and springs 107 are connected at one end to the said plate and the other end are anchored to the front and under side ot the deck 1e.

As the arm 101 oit the Z-shaped lever becomes disengaged from the plate 103, the plate is moved forwardly under the action of the springs 107 thereby leaving a clear space to permit of the dumping operation oi the baskets 21 being carried out.

rEhe plate 103 is designed to be moved rearwardly by lieXible members 108, which are connected at one end to the said plate7 and after passing through guides 103` are connected at the ugper ends to pins 110 carried by the sliding blocks As the frame 25, carrying the baskets 21, rotates on its trunnion 241, the guides 413 will be rotated with the disks l1 and a pull will be transmitted to the flexible members 10S, and thus draw the said plate rearwardly7 so that it will be located below the basket 21 being filled with sheaves, and retained in this position by the arm 101 of the Z-shaped lever until the basket has been suliiciently filled with sheaves to be in a position ready for dumping.

Below the plate 103 a grid 111 is located, which is connected at its rear end by the links 112 to the front of the frame 13, the said grid beingsupported intermediate of its length from the frame by means ot the springs 118.

Around the circular band 31 of the baskets 21 a circular band 114 is loosely mounted and provided with pintles 115, which are connected to the lower ends of the links 116 hung from the transverse arms of the frame 25, so that the baskets cannot swing laterally.

The pintles 115 engage with pairs of guide rods 116a mounted on the sides oi the standards 23 so that the circular band 1111 suspended from the links 116 cannot be swung rearwardly or forwardly, and lateral swinging of the band is also prevented since the band is just a good working lit between the guide rods located on the opposite standards.

The band 114 is consequently maintained in a horizontal position as also is the circular band 31 at the bottom of the basket which is embraced by the band 114. The basket will be held in a vertical position during the operation of filling the basket and while free to be rotated ina horizontal plane during the filling operation is prevented from swinging.

rEhe assembly of the machine will be' readily understood from the foregoing description. Then the machine is in use and is being driven forv-Jardly, the rotary m0- tion of the ground wheels 17 is permitted through the sprockets 57 and 55, and chain drive 56 to the gear 53, which meshes with the gear 52 and so rotates the shaft 51, which through the chain drive 60 and the gears 59 and 61 operate conveyer 63. This conveyer 63 operates the conveyer 72 by means of the intermeshing beveled gears G6 and 67, and 69 .and 70 carried by the spindle shaft 68 and spindle 71.

The shaft of the knotting mechanism 11 rotates the shaft 91 by means of the intermesliing gears 911 and 93, and this last said shaft through the meshing gears 90 and 89 rotates the shaft 3S, which in turn, through the gears 87 and 86, rotate the shaft 85. The shaft 85, through the meshing gears Si and 83, rotates the spindle 74a, and this rotates the lever 74rcarried thereby.

rlhe gear 76 on the spindle 74 rotates the gear 77, and when the upper end of the bracket 81 is about to engage the flange 80 oit' the gear 77, the forward basket 21, which will be in the lower position shown in Fig. 2, is ready to vreceive sheaves `from the binder A.

The sheaves from the binder will be delivered to the conveyer 72, and the guide plate 73"L will vso dispose the heads of the sheaves, that they will be delivered rst to the rear of the hopper G4, so that the butts of the sheaves will lie toward vthe front of the hopper, and on being fed forwardly by the conveyer 463, the butts as they overhang the curvilinear front end of the hopper will be delivered into theY lower end of the basket 21.

It is important to notice that in this position the packer plates 33 of that compartment of the basket 21, which is in alinement with and adjacent to the discharge end of the hopper 64 is raisedv for the reception of the sheaf. The raising of this packing plate 33 is due to the roller 35 co-acting with the cam race 36.

The sheaf delivered to this compartment of the basket 21 will be deposited near the center of the basket and form one ofthe core sheaves of the shock, the position of the shea'f being shown in dotted lines in the rear basket of Fig. 2, which is the only convenient place in which the position of this sheazt can be illustrated.

During the rotation of the spindle 74a and while the upper end ofthe bracket 81 is in engagement with the flange 80, thele-Y ver 75 is raised to engage the lever 74, and both levers rotate and engage with the outermost lingers 30 of the baskets, which will be rotated during each revolution of the levers through two compartment divisions, so that in a lirst complete revolution of the basket 21 only four sheaves will be delivered thereto, and will form the core sheaves of the shock.

is the roller 35, carried by the packer plates 33, engage with the cam race 36, each packer pla-te is rotated about its hinge point, and this leaves the compartment or' the basket 21 in which it isY located open for the reception of the sheai', and after the sheaf has been delivered to the compartment the roller 35 becomes disengaged from the cam race 36 and as a consequence the packer plate 33 rotates downwardly under gravity into the compartment. Y

During the second revolution of the basket 21 the bracket V81 will have become disengaged from the flange 8O with the result that the offset end S2 of the lever 7 5 will become disengaged from the lever 74, which alone will be rotated and engage with the outermost downwardly disposed fingers 30 of the arms of the basket 21 being filled with sheaves.

rlhe basket 21 is consequently only moved through one compartment during each engagement of the lever 751-', with the ontermost lingers 30 of the basket, so that al sheaf is delivered to each of the compartments of the said baskets, and so builds up the outer portion of the shock.

When the shock is ready for dumping, the wedge piece 99 engages the vertical arm 100 of the Z-shaped lever rotating the same about its hinged point, and. releasing the arm 101 from the plate 103, which will consequently be retracted under the pull of the springs 107. The weight of the sheaves in the iilled basket 21 will now tend to lower thatbasket, and thus rotate the frame 25 on its trunnions 211 and the butts of the sheaves will engage with the grid 111, thus holding the sheaves in the proper position.

During the downward motion of the filled basket 21, the grid 111 will be forced downwardly until the butts ot the sheaves engage the ground, and on the continued forward motion of the machine the basket 21 will tree the sheaves and deposit them as a shock, the heads ot the outermost sheaves being' heldL in place during` this operation by the packer plates 33.

As the frame 25 rotates one of the racks 42 formed on the disks 41 will engage with the gear 46, and the trame 25 will now be rotated on its trunnions 24 by the said gear which is driven through the sprocket 48, chain 49, and sprocket 50 on the shaft 51, which is in turn rotated by the intermeshing gears 52 and 53, the latter or" wl ich is driven from a sprocket 55, chain 56 and sprocket 57 from the ground wheels 17.

As the frame 25 is rotated through a halt revolution the basket which has just been dumped will occupy elevated position such as is illustrated in Fig. 2, while the empty basket, which was formerly in an elevated position, will now be in the lower position illustrated in said ligure.

During this motion the pintles 115 engage the guides 116 on the standards 23 and so position the basket about to be lilled relatively to the hopper 64.

During the rotation or the disks 41 the guides 43 will also be rotated and after the dumping operation takes place a pull will be exerted on the flexible members 108 and draw the plate 103 rearwardly beneath the basket 21 now about to be filled, and when the guides 43 have reached a vertical position, the blocks 45 will slide under Gravity to the lower ends of the guides and thus give sullicient slack to the flexible members 108 to permit of the plate 103 being retracted into its forward position when the arm 101 is disengaged therefrom.

1t will be understood that when the plate 103 is drawn rearwardly the arm 101 ot the Z -shaped lever will automatically engage the said plate 103 and hold it in position under the basket 21 being filled, until the said basket is filled, when the said plate will be retracted in the manner above described preparatory to dumping the shock.

It will be seen by reference to Fig. 2 that one of the packer plates 33 will be slightly elevated when the dumping of the basket 21 is commenced but as soon as the frame 25 rotates, so that the lower end ot' the basket reaches the ground, the cam 39 disengages with the cam race 36 and allows the roller 35 ot the said packer plate to become disengaged with the cam race7 so that the packer plate will close or rotate about its hinged point under gravitv.

rlhe packer plates hold the heads of the sheaves in the proper position during the dumping and bunch them together.

From the above description it will be seen that l have invented a shocker in which the sheaves built together and deposited on the ground in a manner best calculated to torni a proper shock, the action ot the several parts or the mac line being automatic and so timed that there is no liability ot the sho "iks falling duri-ig Y As many changes could de in the above construction and many appar itly widely ditl'erent embodiments of' my invention within the scope of the claims5 constructed, without departing from the spirit or scope thereofD it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings hall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a liiniL` sense.

lfhat claim as rf y inven i is:

1. il.. shocker ot the flws dass described coingrising baskets extending rearwardly on the nachine, means for rotating the baskets individually in horizontal plane7 and means for rotatingI the baskets collectively in a vertical plane to dump the sheaves therein.

2. A shocker comprising baskets 'for the reception ot sheaves, means 'for rotating the baskets in a horizontal plane, means for rotating the baskets collectively in a vertical plane, and packe plates carried by the baskets designed t bunch the heads ot the sheaves during du Aping.

3. n shocker comprising shear" receiving baskets, packer plates carried by the baskets for bunching the sheaves during dumping, means for automatically elevating each packer plate during the reception oi' a shearl to the bask-et, said packer plate being designed to close under gravity, and means for dumping the basket.

4. A shocker comprising a rotatably supported trame, baskets supported from the transverse arms ot the frame, means for rotating the baskets in a horizontal plane, and means for rotating the trame in a vertical plane.

5. A shocker comprising a rotatable trame, baskets hung 'from the said trame, means for rotating the baskets individually in a horizontal plane, packer plates on the basf kets, and cam means for successively elevating` each of the packer plates during the rotation of the baskets for the reception of sheaves.

6. A shocker comprising a vertical rotatable rectangular trame, baskets supported from the said trame, a cam race above the baskets, pivotally mounted packer plates on the baskets having their upper ends designed to intermittently coact with the cam race and means tor rotating the basket in a horizontal plane for the reception oli sheaves.

'l'. A shocker comprising a vertical rotatable frame, cams on the transverse arms of the trame, a cam race pivotally supported below the transverse arms of the trame, baskets hung from the frame, packer arms on the basket designed to engage the cam race, and means for disengaging the cam race from the packer arms during the rotation of the frame.

8. A shocker comprising a basket for the reception of sheaves, means for rotating the basket in a horizontal plane to receive sheaves, a plate normally mounted below the basket during the illing operation, automatic means for retracting the plate When the basket is filled, and means for rotating the basket in a vertical plane to automatically dump the same. v

9. A shocker comprising a cylindrical basket for the reception oit sheaves, a frame supporting the basket, a band slidably engaging the lower end of the basket, links connecting the band and the frame, and means for rotating the basket in a horizontal plane.

10. A shocker comprising a rotatable frame, a basket hung from the frame, a band slidably mounted on the lower end of the basket provided With pintles, links connecting the pintles to the frame, guide means coacting With the pintles for the positioning of the basket for the reception of sheaves, and means for rotating the basket in a horizontal plane` ll. A shocker comprising a basket subdivided into a plurality of compartments for the reception of sheaves, means for primarily rotating the basket in a horizontal plane through a plurality of steps equal to tvvo compartments to receive the core sheaves of a shock, and means for subsequently rotating the basket through a plurality of steps equal to one compartment to receive the outer sheaves of the shocker.

12. A shocker comprising a basket subdivided into a plurality of compartments for the reception of sheaves, a pair of levers for rotating the basket in a horizontal plane, one oi the levers being constantly operated and the other being intermittently operated, and means for dumping the basket.

13. A shocker comprising a basket for the reception of sheaves, a pair of levers for rotating the basket, one of the levers having an offset end, the other lever being constantly operative, and means for intermittently engaging the orfset end of the rst lever With the second lever to render the rst lever operative, and means for dumping the basket.

la. A shocker comprising a basket for the reception of the sheaves, means for rotating the basket in a horizontal plane, a hopper at the front of the basket, conveyer means operating in the bottom of the hopper, conveyer means arranged transversely to the said conveyer, guide means on the second conveyer whereby sheaves are delivered to the hopper With the butt adjacent to the basket, means for rotating the basket and means for dumping the basket.

ln Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

PHILLIP WAGNER. 

